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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Oak Park, IL Official Should Apologize for 'Gangbanger' Slur
July 19th, 2008
The village manager in Oak Park, IL should immediately apologize for a slur leveled at gun rights activists and organizations, likening them to criminals in the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the individual citizen's right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment. National Public Radio quoted Oak Park Village Manager Tom Barwin, an ex-police officer, observing, "It's just completely befuddling that our Supreme Court would be in alliance with the gangbangers." Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, found Barwin's remarks insulting to millions of law-abiding gun owners, and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-07-19)
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